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LONDON, October 12: Channel Five has launched its video-on-demand service with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the popular U.S. police drama series. Viewers are now able to view new episodes of CSI for £2.49 seven days before they are broadcast on …

CANNES, October 12: Venevision International and Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) have entered into a reciprocal distribution agreement for their respective titles Rebel Angel and Winter Sonata. The agreement is part of KBS’s efforts to introduce Latin America to the popular …

CANNES, October 12: The National Film Board of Canada, the Ministry of Culture of Brazil and the Brazilian Producers' Association have announced the four winners of a joint Canada/Brazil development fund valued at C$100,000. The winning projects are 8 Ways …

CANNES, October 12: According to Paul Johnson, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, this year’s MIPCOM was the biggest television market ever, with an attendance of 12,429 as of yesterday, marking a 7-percent increase on the second-to-last …

DENVER, October 12: Liberty Media Corp. has confirmed that it will probably swap its 19.1-percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.’s 38.3-percent controlling interest in DirecTV. "We were saying in the marketplace that we may exchange our roughly $11 …

CANNES, October 12: Tepuy International’s Accessory to Love was the most screened title at the Telenovela Screenings held on October 7 and 8 in Cannes, ahead of MIPCOM. Second on the list was Endemol’s Double Life, followed by Tepuy’s 30, …

CANNES/LONDON, October 11: Sundance Channel has come on board for the new music series Live from Abbey Road in a deal with Fremantle International Distribution, which has also inked a slate of deals on its new teen-skewing drama series Falcon …

CANNES, October 11: AXN Japan has picked up the rights to seasons four and five of The Amazing Race, bringing Buena Vista International Television’s hit CBS reality show to the Japanese market for the first time. The show is scheduled …

CANNES, October 11: RHI Entertainment has received the greenlight to produce at least 12 TV movies and three mini-series for a 2007 delivery to the Hallmark Channel in the U.S. The first three are already in production. They are Claire, …

CANNES, October 11: Endemol International has attracted a slate of broadcasters to its collection of completed programs out of the U.S., including Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The popular ABC series has been licensed to MNET in South Africa (seasons one …